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Saturday, January 28, 2012

In "suicide by cop," collateral damage

Here's a chilling photo that appeared this afternoon:

That's apparently the window of a law office a block away from the site of the other night's fatal shooting of a mentally deranged man by Portland police. Reportedly he pointed a fake gun at the cops, and so a couple of them apparently emptied their guns on him.

That's the parking structure roof on which it all went down, square in the center of that window. And yes, that's the southwest corner of the structure facing you, which is where the man was killed.

It's a good thing there wasn't a cleaning person or someone else in that office at the time. In downtown Portland, it seems, you're never safe from the garbage going down on the streets, even in your office many stories above ground.

I bet there will be no investigation to see who was so out of control and mishandled a firearm that badly. Back in the 70s when I did a stint that had me working side by side with a division of the NY State police, this would have resulted in an investigation. And the shooter who was that reckless and or bad of a shot would have been kicked out. And I know this for a fact because one of the a*holes who worked in our office was kicked out. He went from patrolman to ranger. Rangers were not allowed to carry guns in NY state at that time.

LucsA. There are *so* many things wrong with your posting I simply have a hard time where to begin:

"I rode on a bus in 1970, so I have a valid reference point of knowledge, training, and experience to pass judgement on the actions a Light Rail Driver in 2012."

How incredibly stupid, vapid, and narcissict of you to presume that you have the slightest idea how to judge an incident in 2012.

I have: (a) Co-authored the Internal Affairs policy for one or the five largest cities in this state, (b) co-authored the Firearms Policy (of same), been recognised as an Expert Witness on police discipline in NLRB Arbitrations, and secured 5 labor agreements.

You know nothing....

And Jack, as a DPSST State Certified Firearms Instructor... It was a hell of a shot. Up-angle in the darkness, ending with a dead-on head-shot, it was nice shooting.

I want no part of your world. It's funny that you guys are so good at taking out skinny, mentally ill, young white men but are nowhere to be found when the Crips are shooting up the bars at closing time on Saturday night.

That bullet hole in that office window speaks for itself. Emptying your gun every time some kid looks at you funny is unnecessary and immoral, regardless of what it says in some manual you wrote.

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